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9 Thematic Schools including schools of the Arts, Global Health and Wellness, STEM, Leadership and 2 Dual Language Immersion programs
2000+ students receiving documented skill credentials yearly through CTE courses
Fact 3 38 sections of advanced courses offered to 674 middle school students in 2020-21. (Earth/Environmental Science, Math 1, World History)
7 Industry Partners committed to paid student pre-apprenticeships through Tradesformers
290+ sports team opportunities for middle and high school students
443 Teachers in Leadership Development Programs through the Division of Excellence and Equity in Leadership
18 School Psychologists, 26 School Resource Officers, 21 Social Workers, and 18 School Nurses cover 38 PCS schools
100+ businesses participating in Grow Local, connecting students to community and career options
3 High Level Extension Programs for students such as the Health Sciences Academy, Pitt Technical Academy, and Pharma K-12

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Critical thinking & problem solving
Critical thinking & problem solving
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- Collect, assess and analyze relevant information
- Reason effectively
- Use systems thinking
- Make sound judgments and decisions
- Identify, define and solve authentic problems and essential questions
- Reflect critically on learning experiences, processes and solutions
Creativity & innovation
Creativity & innovation
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- Use a wide range of idea creation techniques (such as brainstorming, divergent & convergent thinking)
- Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate their own ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts
- Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work and understand the real-world limits to adopting new ideas
- View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of small successes and frequent mistakes
- Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the field in which the innovation will occur
Initiative & self direction
Initiative & self direction
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- Set goals with tangible and intangible success criteria
- Balance tactical (short-term) and strategic (long-term) goals
- Utilize time and manage workload efficiently
- Monitor, define, prioritize and complete tasks without direct oversight
- Go beyond basic mastery of skills and/or curriculum to explore and expand one’s own learning and opportunities to gain expertise
- Demonstrate initiative to advance skill levels towards a professional level
- Demonstrate commitment to learning as a lifelong process
Personal responsibility
Personal responsibility
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- Act responsibly with the interests of the larger community in mind
- Demonstrate personal integrity, honesty and ethical behavior
Effective communication
Effective communication
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- Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts
- Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes and intentions
- Use communication for a range of purposes (e.g. to inform, instruct, motivate and persuade)
- Utilize multiple media and technologies, and know how to judge their effectiveness as a priority as well as assess their impact
- Communicate effectively in diverse environments (including multilingual).learning as a lifelong process
Empathy & teamwork
Empathy & teamwork
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- Demonstrate understanding of others’ perspectives and needs
- Listen with an open mind to understand others’ situations
- Work with others to accomplish a common goal
- Respond open-mindedly to different ideas and values
- Prioritize the needs of the group over oneself when appropriate

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